Miracles happen

I've got a story to tell. (And there's a video to go along with it. )

So I met this boy, which I think I've mentioned. Long story made short... We are getting married. 

We met on his birthday back in September and I thought it would be pretty cool if we got engaged on my birthday. I'm glad he thought the same thing. Needless to say, it was my best birthday so far in life. I'd say it was a little miracle. I was coming to terms with being on my own for a lot longer in life. I'm sure I'm going to love reading my own thoughts about this day somewhere down the road so a blog about it has to happen. 

The boy, is what I'll call him, really loves surprises. I want sure he was really going to surprise me with an engagement ring on my birthday because I thought I'd already ruined the surprise by finding the ring in his house one day while I was there alone. I shouldn't have snooped, but I knew it was there and I was having a rough night. I thought it would make me happy to see it. Well, I was wrong. I just felt bad for snooping. I told him right when he got back. It wasn't my favorite night. Needless to say I thought that was going to push back his plans. I knew he was thinking about it because we talk and plan for the future, but.... Details were always something I wondered about.

The day of my birthday I woke up early and baked a pineapple upside down cake. It turned out pretty good actually. Then Brett showed up to my house so we could drive down to Rexburg together. He has a temporary job there in town. I'll skip the details of class. But then I decided I would go get some food since I missed breakfast. Then, in case the boy did decide he was going to propose I wanted to have a surprise for him. I had looked up online the last few weeks pricing these rings that I knew he wanted. I was glad I had just gotten paid and that it didn't cost too much at the book store. Yep, Brett, I just got it that day. And then when I got to work I printed off this resolution from the movie courageous. He had talked about wanting to sign it when we get married. So, at least now I was prepared with a surprise of my own... You know... Just in case. The day went on. I shared my cake with the class i work with. I was so antsy for the day to move on. 

At 3 I left to go get Brett. I guess this was the day he was walking towards me. The days all mesh together in the small details. The important thing is that we headed over super early for our pedicures at Evans....a beauty school in Rexburg. Hopefully I'll be able to include in all my pictures at the end. And if you follow me on social media you've already probably heard and seen all of this. My apologies. 

After the pedicure we went to Red Robin in Idaho Falls. It was a delicious meal. Not the greatest service. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. I was thankful that I could be using a gift card from my parents. Brett got some fiery ghost hot burger. I got a bacon burger. We shared an appetizer of jalapeno coins and mozzarella sticks. They came out at the same time. Fail=Red Robin. Then we waited forever for our shake. We shared a gingerbread shake. Then, here's my next secret that hasn't been shared with Brett. I had the ring in my bag and I wrapped it and put it in a card while I was taking a bathroom break. ☺ Brett took a bathroom break before we left too. Funny thing is that he took his coat with him because he was afraid I was going to snoop. Probably good that he did. Haha. When we walked outside he asked if he could drive. I honestly thought maybe we were going to an ice cream place or something. We already had dessert but that was my first thought. Then maybe I wondered if he really was going to propose or not. I didn't ask many questions because I was just trying to figure it out. I couldn't think of places that had any significance to us. Then he pulled up to the temple. I still didn't want to get my hopes up so I thought, oh cool, we are getting some pictures of the nativity. Another important fact is that he has been posting videos on YouTube. So he pulls out his phone and tells me to record him. Then he pulls out a piece of paper. I think that's when I was for sure that he was going to pop the question for real.  This is what it said: 

We met on Tinder the day I turned thirty.

You started with, "what's up," not very flirty,
But we talked about the movie, World War Z,
Then you asked where I was from and took a real interest in me.
We tried to meet in person but it wasn't working out,
At the fair we could have met up but you choose a different route,
In the end you came to my house and I introduced you,
To my newest friend the one and only doctor who.
The football game came next and then the fateful day,
You needed somewhere to watch conference so you came my way,
You brought along your table, a massage you gave to me,
Then we sat up in the  loveseat and I said that you're pretty,
After some conversation, you asked me where we stood,
I said I'd like for you to be my girlfriend if you would,
You said that's what you wanted so a couple we became,
and after that I knew my life would never be the same.
My love for you has grown from that first seed into a tree,
And it's not half as much as all the love you give to me.
And as they say, the rest is history,
So I have just one question,
Will you marry me? 

How stinking cute is that? 

So, of course I got teary. He's the best. He went to give me the ring and dropped it. It kinda made me laugh. And, no he didn't get down on one knee. He would've ruined the pedicure. He and I were still in flip flops. 

I'm going on and on.... Basically, then we went to the car and I gave him the ring and letter I had for him. I think I surprised him pretty good. 

Today after church we called Bro. Cannon who is a family friend to the Peterson Family. We want him to perform the ceremony and he said he can do it the day we want! He also performed Brett's sisters sealing ceremony a couple years ago. March 14th is the tentative day we have planned for the wedding. We have picked the Idaho Falls temple as the place we want to get married because Brett's grandparents were married there, and so were his parents and so was his sister. His grandparents were actually married there the first day that the temple was open for operation back in 1945. He would like to carry on the tradition. I have never had a favorite temple picked out so I'm perfectly okay with it. I like the idea of carrying on a tradition.

There will be plenty more to talk about later. That's all for now 

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